Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.

Former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says he wishes he had moved faster to change the culture of his department before the murder of George Floyd, which happened five years ago Sunday.

As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage.

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.

The noteworthy anniversary comes as newsrooms face a radically different political landscape as the Trump administration targets civil rights.

The upheaval in Golden Valley is just one example of the way Floyd’s murder shook thousands of police agencies nationwide.

Even after nationwide protests following his nephew’s killing, and federal and state legislation banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, police misconduct continues to be too high, Selwyn Jones said.

With the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaching on Sunday (May 25, 2025), his first cousin Shareeduh McGee reflected on the significance of his death, saying, "if we don't have changes that become a cause of, changes that happen because of that huge loss", then Floyd's "death was in vain."

Rev. Al Sharpton will join George Floyd's family for a memorial service at Houston Memorial Gardens, the Pearland cemetery where he was buried in 2020.